if pits get loose
Posted By: Dina on 2008-10-03
In Reply to: I meant... - sm
It isn't in a pitbulls nature to be mean to humans. Now they can be aggressive towards other dogs, but that too often is mistaken as people aggression, but these are far two different things. If you get on a pitbulls property they are very protective & if they don't know you then you may get bit, but that's with any dog. If they get loose they aren't going to go around the neighborhood looking for somebody to attack, in fact if they are loose roaming around they are more scared of you then you are of them. Took us 3hrs to get a full-grown pitbull off the side of the road. Read his story here: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/600278
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Help! His pits are the pits!
My husband is one of those hairy guys. Not grossly hairy but hairy and the hair under his arms can grow like 2-3 inches. He hates that so we will take the clippers and trim it down. At any rate about 8 years or so ago he started developing this rash under his arms. At that time he used RightGuard Sports scent. I loved the smell of that stuff! He thought it was the alcohol in that so he would start spraying it on his tee shirt instead of directly under his arm pit. He has tried different kinds and roll-ons. I switched him to Sure unscented, which I use and that seemed to help for a while, now he has it again and he will put a streak of deodorant on both sides of his arm pit. It is driving him crazy, which is driving me crazy.
I know he needs to see a dermatologist but he works out of town and long hours so usually there is no time. My mother and I think this might be a yeast infection of some kind, but you would think that would be in the genital region as well, but this is just under his arms and he has never had this problem anywhere else.. I used an antifungal stuff that you paint on which burned the fire out of him after a while. I contains an acid. Oops. Followed that with talc powder. He will put Benadryl and preparation H on it to stop it from itching. Hilarious, the other day he said, do you have any Vagisil? Cracked me up. I said I have never in my life had a yeast infection and hoped never to have one - and did not want him buying it for fear people would think I did. Sure he's buying that for his arms! I want to make him scoop yogurt under there!
Anyone had this problem or have any ideas. This is not like a rash with bumps. It is not actually raw but looks raw. I guess in a sense it is. It is red and inflamed looking, dry and smooth, not scalely and about 1.5 inch in diameter. He once thought this was from the seam on his undershirts, which he always wears, plus he is a crane operator so he keeps both hands busy shifting gears.
 Any remedies would be welcome. TIA.
pits
Maybe stop shaving pits. It seems the hair might help if it is a contact dermatitis, especially if he is a crane operator and moving arms back and forth all day. Or perhaps some kind of underarm pad just for working?
UPS is the PITS
I gave up on them long, long ago. Next time call FEDEX. They have never let me down and deliver stuff way early (like by 10:00 in the a.m.) while UPS gets here at dinnertime (I swear this is true). Most of the time I get next day morning service even though I did not specify it or used 2nd day. I love FEDEX! Although, I would NEVER use their cheapest service (those are delivered by independent contractors and if they leave it at the wrong house (which they do a lot) it can be a week before they come back to pick it up and re-deliver it. Other than that one fault, they are the BEST!
Pits
I have never been for pit bulls in this country...they are banned from ssome other countries. The problem is they were bred for aggressive behavior. I do understand your situation.....he was raised in a loving home, not aggressive, and it is hard watching a neighbor's dog have aggressive tendencies butyours being singled out for euthanization. BUT pits have very specific physical traits that put them in a different ballpark....they jaws are like steel traps. Once they bite on, you CANNOT get them loose and this is why they are reported on the news as killing children, etc., once they get going, they will kill and not let go.
My brother-in-law had one from a puppy on. She was beautiful and very friendly but there was always something I NEVER like about her. She would come up to me and put her paws on my chest, trying to be nice, but her muscular build alone would cause her to leave big bruises and lumps on my arms. They had children and that always made me nervous. I never let my children around that dog and my husband wouldn't either. I just didn't trust her. Well, after 9 or so years with them, raised from a pup, one day a neighbor's child was playing in their yard with their children, and for some reason she just started chasing the child, knocked her down, and had her by the back down on the ground. My brother-in-law, a very muscular guy, could barely get her off. She had not actually bitten into the child but her jaws were open and pushing down on her back and she meant business. Out of the blue, she became aggressive and that was all I needed to know. The vet had told them the tendency is there,as it is in other breeds, but with this breed, because of their jaws, they clamp down and you CANNOT get them open. The jaws literally lock into place like a steel trap. They are bred for this.
So, please be careful. I know you love her, I really do understand that, but this was 9 to 10 years into her life with them she went bazerk and it could have been fatal.
Aww! Are they pits? NM
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I have two pits and they both wore little - sm
doggy coats when they were pups in the winter time. They were so cute in them. I couldn't find coats for them when they got bigger or they would still be wearing them.
Although, it's really cold here in the winter and it makes a trip to the potty very short. They go out, do their business and want to come right back in.
I posted below about pits
adn said wish they would phase them out. But you know, with all hearing about them, don’t you think this woman was totally responsible for having them in the first place? I think it is really sad that folks continue to let them be around children, especially. The adults surely to goodness know better but continue on with wanting to own them and speaking up for them when they are real killers.
What if they accidentally got loose?
I know sometimes it is beyond your control and dogs get out. A board on your fence can break, the chain can break, whatever it may be. What if the pit got out and killed something or someone? That is what scares me about these dogs. If you are keeping it contained, good for you, but if it gets out and kills someone or something, you are responsible.
Ms Thinking you can keep your pits
This place is run by the police department and they want no charges coming back on them. I think they would know what they are doing- they see these pits all the time. I definitely do not have the time spent as they do in their rescuing so I trust their efforts. There is another place where you could post- people take up for their pits on CLs. I will take the smaller dogs and ones who do not have the bad reputation pits have. I can sterotype anyway I want- I love my life and would not risk it for anything with a dangerous breed and that, my dear, is what they are considered. Wake up.
I love pits too...sm
Like I said, I was really proud to be part of an organization that saw past the stereotypes and knew that pits are good dogs too. Actually, I think pits can be one of the most loyal and loving out of all the breeds if you give them a chance. I have never owned one myself (but will someday) as we still live in an apartment and there is no way they would let us have a pit bull (I disagree, but you can't argue that with some people). However, I have had the great pleasure of getting to know and love many pits in my life and I definitely have a special place for them in my heart!
I am just about the loose my mind with these people.
used to just be the nextdoor neighbors, they are so trashy...same things, dogs..trash, beer bottles, heavy metal music, the mom screams and cusses and beats her kids right out in the front yard...all of it...they party in their garage...then the back looks like a desert of dog poop...(lived here for 2 years..) then last summer a new family moves in, they are just as big of drunks..now they all party together. well lastnight, we had it out, and I know i went overboard playing into their Jerry Springer conversations..but geeze, I am so angry and have decided to reclaim my space...lol
I am not upset that you are afraid of pits...sm
I could understand that. Totally understandable based on media hype these dogs get. But to make the comment that they should be illegal is uncalled for. My dog is not vicious and you have no right to make a comment about a breed of dog chances are you know nothing about except what you hear. You might have well have said my child should be illegal. I love my dogs very much.
You say pits were bred to attack...sm
They were. But they were bred to attack dogs not humans. One thing the unscrupulous people who bred these dogs did right was breed them to not be human aggresssive. Because when they were in the ring with the dogs they couldn't be worried about the dogs attacking them. So they wanted a dog that wasn't aggressive towards humans. I have done research and read this to be true. That doesn't mean all pits are not human aggressive. There may be some that are but it wasn't bred into them.
Octuplet mom has a few screws loose..
and really needs some psychiatric help. I read an article in one of the papers that her mother tried to get her some help regarding her obsession with babies. How sad for these poor children. I am quite sure the mother of these babies is looking for a reality show and some free goods and endorsements for her "miracle". The facility that implanted that many embryos in her should be closed down and she needs to sterilized.
That woman has a screw loose. And after the way - (sm)
she treated you (demanding money, banging on your door, saying you're 'rude', and then demanding to borrow a CD from you, I wouldn't even let her in the house again, let alone give her a CD. If you give her the CD, you'll never see it again, guaranteed. I'd tell her to get lost.
People who type loose when they mean lose. (nm)
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do you have any loose neighbor kids running around?
lol.... never know... my neighbors little boy last year took his crayola scissors to my hosta's.....geeze
It was the OWNERS' fault for allowing the dog to run loose.
The fact that you didn't see him and ran over him was an accident. That accident wouldn't have occurred if those people had been responsible dog owners and kept him in a securely fenced yard.
you won't loose your cool if you state the facts
just as you did. I have found in my life that everyone has to listen to me and take me seriously if I use no profanity what so ever (and don't yell). Of course you should be upset, your child was assaulted by a bully. I'd be all over that like white on rice!!! Call her up, make her feel lousy for raising such a brute of a daughter. Praise your child for being so wonderful. Unfortunately, all we can tell our little ones is that the world is full of mean, angry others and we are so blessed to not have to behave that way. Count your blessings for your sweet son, just love him and hug him all that much more.
If you rent, it may not be allowed. Rotties, pits,
dobermans, chows, and german shepards are often on landlords 'not allowed' lists, for liability reasons.
I'm a dog-person, and have known quite a few rotts, and none of them were friendly to anyone but their master.
I think one of the best choices for a 'first big dog' would be a labrador retriever. Laid-back, not as barky, usually love everyone, great family dogs, yet big enough to possibly deter a burglar.
You will only have people posting about how sweet their pits
are. They will tell you what other kind of dogs attack, kill besides their pits. Funny how the majority of time you read how good family dogs, sweet dogs, attack and kill their owners, or grandchildren here but people continue to have and own. Bad to say but I hope the grandmother here is charged in the child's death. I do rescues and some places around town do not let pits be adopted at all to the public, they put them down first.
Hubby thinks the animal has a loose screw
as he hisses and runs during the day but yet sometimes late of a night the cat will go to him, sniff around him and, although reserved still, is not the cat in the terrible 2s like during the day. My hubby thinks he has a mental problem (not my hubby, of course, but the cat!)
Might have him shave pits completely & just use baking soda as
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Long arms, loose joints, narrow back.
I'm sort of the opposite of that Tauranosaurus rex complaning of his short arms and big head, LOL.
There isn't a part of my back I can't reach with at least the back of my hand. Poor DH has a huge area he can't reach. Good thing I'm around for him.
cardio is going to make you loose weight and slim down, weights
are going to give you more of a defined muscle tone. you still need the cardio to get your hr up, then do the weights immediately after while your hr is up, will work faster.
Oops..you actually need to surround the key in a blob of the silicone so it doesn't work loose.
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Nice loose cotton or cotton blend gown
and NO PANTIES!!!!!!! 
sweat pants or loose light cotten pants - sm
sometimes put on makeup but usually just brush hair and pull it back and get to work!
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